Bosnian and EU officials met in Sarajevo on Tuesday and concluded that Bosnia is getting closer to EU membership. The Bosnian Prime Minister, Vjekoslav Bevanda, said that the implementation of the Sejdic – Finci ruling, one of the preconditions for the start

Newly elected President of Serbia, 60 years-old Tomislav Nikolic, vowed to keep Belgrade on its path to Brussels. “Serbia will not turn away from the European path,” said the leader of the Serbian Progressive Party (SNS), now the country’s biggest after the May 6 parliamentary and first-round presidential elections. However, …

Eamon Gilmore, OSCE Chairperson-in-Office and Ireland’s Deputy Prime Minister, welcomed the successful completion of voting in Kosovo in the second round of the Serbian presidential election. “I am satisfied that the elections took place

Ahead of the NATO summit in Chicago, Macedonian Prime Minister Nikola Gruevski harshly criticised the Alliance for nurturing what he described as double standards and selective respect of international law when it comes to country’s accession. 

Dutch Prime Minister Mark Rutte said he hopes the European Commission, EC, will take note of Bulgaria’s progress. “It is very important to show voters that we can hand you the key of the

Foreign ministers of Georgia and Azerbaijan discussed the situation of the Udabno monastery of David Gareja monastery complex on the Georgian-Azerbaijani border. The two sides agreed to meet within the NATO Chicago Summit to address this issue. Besides this, intensive contacts will be maintained between the border services of the …

Baku will host the OSCE Parliamentary Assembly summer session in 2014, head of the Azerbaijani delegation to OSCE PA Bahar Muradova announced. “Today, a letter with the consent of the Azerbaijani parliament will be sent to the OSCE secretary general. Holding session in Baku is very important in terms of …

Yuri Sterk, Bulgaria’s ambassador to Israel, has been appointed on 16 May along as chief of the EU delegation in Tashkent, Uzbekistan. He is the second Bulgarian diplomat to manage an EU delegation. The

Social Democrats will start a series of anti-government protests from June onwards, with the purpose to increase the party morale before the local elections which are to be held in early 2013. The protests, aimed against the government of Prime

Georgian President Mikhail Saakashvili said in New York that Chicago NATO summit is very important for his country and its useful for progress towards joining the Alliance. “Recognition of our progress on the part of NATO is very important for us, and even though